“… what is brought into existence are the relations by which– pigeons transform men into talented pigeon fanciers and by whichthe fanciers transform the pigeons into reliable racing pigeons.”(Vinciane Despret quoted in Haraway) The art activism project called “Pigeon-Blog” was a project by artist-researcher Beatriz da Costa with her students Cina Hazegh and Kevin Ponto…
Category: string figures / speculative fabulation
boundary object, concepts, examples, figures, string figures / speculative fabulation, third space
an unhappy archive
http://www.editionfink.ch/php/katalog/detail.php?buchid=222&parentid=0&navid=2 «An Unhappy Archive» versammelt künstlerische und aktivistische Arbeiten wie Fotografien, Videos, Bücher, Zeichnungen und Malerei, die die gesellschaftlichen Normen von «happiness» infrage stellen. Der Begriff geht auf die Theoretikerin Sara Ahmed zurück, die «unglückliche Archive» als ein kollektives, feministisch-queeres und antirassistisches Projekt beschreibt. Dieses will nicht nur Gesellschaftskritik und Widerständigkeit voranbringen, sondern auch das…
(inter)personal perspectives, agential realism, application, methods, object perspectives, string figures / speculative fabulation
Agential Realism
“How can the possibility of the queerness of one of the most pervasive of all critters – atoms – be entertained? These “ultraqueer” critters with their quantum quotidian qualities queer queerness itself in their radically deconstructive ways of being. The aim is to show that all sorts of seeming impossibilities are indeed possible, including the…
crossmapping, epistemic thing, examples, figures, informed dissent / proactive idiocy, interactional expertise, methods, perspectives, string figures / speculative fabulation, third space, trading zones, transaction spaces
raum*station
http://raumstation.cc/
crossmapping, epistemic thing, examples, figures, informed dissent / proactive idiocy, interactional expertise, perspectives, string figures / speculative fabulation, third space, trading zones
les complices
http://lescomplices.ch/about/translation/ Les Complices* is a self organised space and production office located in Zurich. Exhibitions, projects and events initiated and hosted by Les Complices* are situated in and between the fields of contemporary arts, theatre and film, critical theory and activist practice. Beside the more longterm activities a dense program of discussions, workshops, performances, publication…
(inter)personal perspectives, boundary object, crossmapping, examples, informed dissent / proactive idiocy, interactional expertise, string figures / speculative fabulation, third space, trading zones
OOR – OnesOwnRoom ZH
http://oor-rec.ch/ OOR Saloon ist ein Veranstaltungs- und Produktionszusammenhang in Zürich und organisiert regelmässig kollaborative Audio-Formate, Konzerte, Diskussionen, Workshops, DJ Lectures, Sonic Lectures, Listening-Formate, Releases und Performances und arbeitet mit Vorliebe in vielseitigen Kollaborationen und Kombinationen. Die OOR Saloon Veranstaltungen interessieren sich für Politiken von Sound und dem emanzipatorischen Potenzial des sonischen Raums und bewegen sich…
(inter)personal perspectives, crossmapping, examples, interactional expertise, perspectives, string figures / speculative fabulation, third space, transaction spaces
Center of possible studies
The Serpentine Gallery’s Edgware Road Project brings together artists, residents, shop-owners and others to investigate, activate and imagine futures for the Edgware Road. . International artists are collaborating closely with the neighbourhood through a series of residencies, commissions and exhibitions to explore and celebrate the history, cultures and experiences of the many communities centred on…
crossmapping, examples, hybrid fora, string figures / speculative fabulation, third space
Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL)
The Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL) is an experimental laboratory that promotes innovative combinations of aesthetics and ethnography. It uses analog and digital media, installation, and performance, to explore the aesthetics and ontology of the natural and unnatural world. Harnessing perspectives drawn from the arts, the social and natural sciences, and the humanities, SEL encourages attention…
(inter)personal perspectives, agential realism, boundary object, concepts, experimental system, figures, object perspectives, string figures / speculative fabulation
Kritter
(Concept by the biologist Donna J. Haraway from Staying with the Trouble. Making kin in the Chthulucene as a suggestion of a metaphor or symbol for the consideration and definition of objects, things, bodies of thought, models, method (?) etc.): is translated with creature / reptile (german transl.: Viech/ Kreatur/ Kriechtier/ Kriecher) and stands as…
agential realism, concepts, object perspectives, string figures / speculative fabulation
SF: string figures / speculative fabulation
v. 1.2 The concept of string figures is introduced in: Donna Jeanne Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, Experimental Futures: Technological Lives, Scientific Arts, Anthropological Voices (Durham: Duke University Press, 2016). If not mentioned otherwise, the references and quotes in this post are referencing above publication. Bold and italic font-styles in…